Chinese Spies Got the NSA’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks

Re:Chinese Spies Got the NSA’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them ... by alehul on Monday May 06, 2019 @07:59PM (#19845149)

And on that note, are choices like these autocratic top-down decisions, with each attack approved by those leading the NSA, or is it run-of-the-mill, and done without explicit authorization per target by each team? Or are teams separated by target?

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Re:Chinese Spies Got the NSA’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them ... by katzgrau on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:18PM (#19845249)

I'd imagine it's just the digital extension of an historically ongoing effort to collect anything that could be used as leverage in a conflict, if and when one happens.

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